Dance

Rachel Feinerman began her dance training at Barnard College. In 1996 she discovered Dance Space and continued training and teaching there.

 

She has performed with Laurie De Vito & Dancers since 1999 and has also been a member of Daria Fain’s Human Behavior Explorers, and Ricardo Gomez Dance Theatre. She has danced for Aynsley Vandenbroucke, Wilson Mendieta, Sita Mani, Isabel Gotzkowsky, Sakura Shimada, Gail Accardi, Suki John, Yael Levy, Marjon van Grunsven, Katiti King, and Diane McCarthy. In 2024, she served as Assistant Choreographer and dancer in Michael Weithorn's The Best You Can (2026 Netflix), starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Other photo and film projects include Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe, Nicole Philippidis' (277 Films) untitled short film, Daria Fain’s film Clocks and Clouds, and Stephanie Matthews’ series “Dance: A Study of Movement and Fluidity.” She has worked with visual artists Griselda Healy, Brookie Maxwell and Kelvin Robertson. She was featured in Dance Teacher Magazine, demonstrating Laurie De Vito's technique.

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Rachel’s choreography has been performed at Gitler &___ Gallery, Queens College Theater Department, and has also been presented at Gibney, Dance New Amsterdam, Green Space, WAX, Dance Space Center, Evolving Arts, Makor, Greenwich House Theater, and Barnard College. She was on faculty at Dance Space/Dance New Amsterdam from 1999-2013 and Gibney Dance Center from 2013-2020 and has taught at Barnard College, Peridance, Mark Morris Dance Center, Adelphi College, 3rd Ward and the Educational Alliance.

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In 2014, Rachel co-founded and choreographed for New Dance Collective--a performance education company providing adult dancers, of beginner through advanced levels, with the opportunity to work with established choreographers to deepen their dance knowledge and provide performance growth opportunities.

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Pilates

In 2021, Rachel started studying at The Kane School at Kinected for her Pilates certification and is currently on staff at Kinected as a Senior Instructor and teacher trainer. She is an instructor and guest lecturer at The Movement Study. Select certifications and specialties include: Neuro Studio Level 2 Trainer, MSTR Scar Therapy, and Hypermobility.

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She has been teaching Pilates and Anatomy and Stress Management courses at CUNY's Bronx Community College since Fall 2022.

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Rachel came to Pilates with more than 20 years of dance teaching and performance in New York. Anatomy has always been a driving force in her teaching from initial study at Barnard College through certification in Simonson technique, an injury-preventative and scaffolded dance teaching methodology, through performance work based in qi-gong and yoga techniques and, finally, certification at the Kane School. Consistent and persistent curiosity about the body has led her to teaching Pilates through the lens of injury rehabilitation, pain management, and stress management. Rachel often works with adults along the hypermobility spectrum, along with dancers, athletes and absolute beginning movers. Whether integrating techniques as varied as qi-gong, neurological-driven exercises, or scar therapy, Rachel always tries to bring a body to a calm, efficient, and pain-free state for luscious movement.

 

Each individual body can feel like an endless puzzle. The good news is, I love puzzles.